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Franklin County Honors Its Dedicated Public Safety Telecommunicators

April 12, 2026

CHAMBERSBURG, Pa. – The Franklin County Commissioners have proclaimed April 12-18, 2026, to be National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week in Franklin County. In doing so,...
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Harshman Achieves Prestigious Emergency Professional Certification

February 25, 2026

CHAMBERSBURG, Pa. – The Franklin County Commissioners recently recognized Barbara Harshman, communications coordinator with the county’s department of emergency services, for earning her emergency number professional (ENP) certification. ...
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Two Franklin County 911 Dispatchers Honored With ‘Stork Awards’

August 29, 2025

CHAMBERSBURG, Pa. – The Franklin County Commissioners joined the Emergency Health Services Federation (EHSF) in recognizing Franklin County Department of Emergency Services 911 telecommunicators Sherry...
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Franklin County 911 Dispatcher Receives ‘Stork Award’ For Prehospital Delivery

April 17, 2025

CHAMBERSBURG, Pa. – The Franklin County Commissioners joined the Emergency Health Services Federation (EHSF) in recognizing Franklin County Department of Emergency Services 911 telecommunicator Bethani...
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Franklin County 911 Dispatcher Honored For Assisting Resident In Cardiac Arrest

March 05, 2025

CHAMBERSBURG, Pa. – The Franklin County Commissioners today joined the Emergency Health Services Federation (EHSF) in recognizing Franklin County Department of Emergency Services 911 telecommunicator...
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State, Local Leaders Highlight Shapiro Administration Investments to Modernize 911 System in Pennsylvania

January 29, 2025

Chambersburg, PA – The Shapiro Administration today joined county and local leaders to discuss how Governor Shapiro has supported the transition to Next Generation 911 (NG911)...
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Franklin County 911 Dispatcher Honored With ‘Stork Award’ For Prehospital Delivery

January 16, 2025

CHAMBERSBURG, Pa. – The Franklin County Commissioners joined the Emergency Health Services Federation (EHSF) in recognizing Franklin County Department of Emergency Services 911 telecommunicator Kaleb...
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Seville Named Director Of Franklin County Department Of Emergency Services

July 09, 2024

CHAMBERSBURG, Pa. – The Franklin County Commissioners are pleased to announce that Mary K. Seville has been named the director of Franklin County’s Department of...
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Franklin County 911 Dispatcher Recognized For Assisting Man In Cardiac Arrest

December 28, 2023

CHAMBERSBURG, Pa. – The Franklin County Commissioners recently joined the Emergency Health Services Federation (EHSF) in recognizing Franklin County Department of Emergency Services 911 telecommunicator...
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Franklin County Names Holloway As New Director Of Emergency Services

September 25, 2023

CHAMBERSBURG, Pa. – The Franklin County Commissioners are pleased to announce that Glenn Holloway has been named the director of Franklin County’s Department of Emergency...
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Povlich Named Director Of Franklin County Department Of Emergency Services

April 14, 2022

CHAMBERSBURG, Pa. – The Franklin County Commissioners are pleased to announce that Robert W. Povlich Jr. has been named the director of Franklin County’s Department...
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Franklin County 911 Dispatcher Receives ‘Stork Award’

February 09, 2022

CHAMBERSBURG, Pa. (February 9, 2022) – The Franklin County Commissioners today joined the Emergency Health Services Federation (EHSF) in recognizing Franklin County Department of Emergency...
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Service Restored to 9-1-1 Phone Lines

January 21, 2021

Service has been restored to 9-1-1 emergency and non-emergency phone lines and all Franklin County Department of Emergency Services call center operations are functional. “Franklin...
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Phone Outage Affecting 9-1-1 Emergency and Non-emergency Lines; Fire, Rescue, Police Phone List

January 20, 2021

Franklin County Department of Emergency Services received a service disruption notification from 9-1-1 phone provider, Lumen, at 2:19pm on Wednesday afternoon. Should an emergency occur,...
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Franklin County 911 Dispatcher Receives Clinical Save Award

September 06, 2019

The Franklin County Commissioners and Department of Emergency Services (DES) Director John Thierwechter recently presented Makenzie Cleary, a 911 Dispatcher, with the Emergency Health Service...
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Notice of Emergency Services Training Exercises

May 06, 2019

The Franklin County Department of Emergency Services will be holding training exercises on May 7th and 8th, 2019.  The exercise on the evening of May...